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The 1850s to the 1880s

The restrained and cultivated facial hair fashions evident through the first decades of the 1800s were on the wane by the middle of the century, when hirsute faces became mainstream.

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Thomas Woolner
Thomas Woolner, c. 1865 an unknown artist
Edward John Eyre
Edward John Eyre, 1867 Julia Margaret Cameron
Sir Henry Barkly
Sir Henry Barkly, c. 1863 Batchelder & O'Neill
Reverend James Buller
Reverend James Buller, 1864 Batchelder & O'Neill
Thomas Simson Pratt
Thomas Simson Pratt, c. 1863 Batchelder & O'Neill
Georg von Neumayer
Georg von Neumayer, c. 1860 Johnstone & Co
Charles Summers
Charles Summers, late 1860s Batchelder & Company Photo
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Joseph Dalton Hooker, c. 1880s an unknown artist
John Pascoe Fawkner
John Pascoe Fawkner, c. 1867 Batchelder & Company Photo
William Saurin Lyster
William Saurin Lyster, mid to late 1860s Davies & Co
Nicholas Chevalier
Nicholas Chevalier, c. 1867 Johnstone O'Shannessy & Co
Robert O'Hara Burke, Leader of the Victorian Expedition
Robert O'Hara Burke, Leader of the Victorian Expedition, 1860-1861 Henry Samuel Sadd, Fergusson & Mitchell, Melbourne after Thomas Adams Hill
William John Wills
William John Wills, c. 1861 De Gruchy & Leigh
The Bushranger Tragedy (from The Australasian Sketcher, 23 November 1878)
The Bushranger Tragedy (from The Australasian Sketcher, 23 November 1878) an unknown artist, The Australasian Sketcher
William Charles Windeyer
William Charles Windeyer, c. 1857 an unknown artist
Buckley discovering himself to the early settlers
Buckley discovering himself to the early settlers, 1869 S Calvert, Gibbs, Shallard and Co after O.R. Campbell
The Australian exploring expedition travelling through scrub (from the Illustrated London News 1879)
The Australian exploring expedition travelling through scrub (from the Illustrated London News 1879), 1876 The Illustrated London News after Jesse Young
John Fairfax
John Fairfax, 1873 Charles Summers
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